Here we go. Two years, 200 hours, 2500 words on Pacific Drive. (Spoilers inside. Does not include the Whispers In The Woods DLC) noescapevg.com/searching-fo...

I reviewed Cairn. www.gamespot.com/reviews/cair...

@stopcar.ing played a cult-classic RPG, was devastated by thoughts of impending climate collapse, yet still holds hope for a brighter future.

The houses and shops of Pelagiad are built in the Western Imperial style, and Pelagiad looks more like a village in the western Empire than a Morrowind settlement.

I wonder what is going on in the comments.

spent the day writing about my favorite doomed relationship and love in games and real life. this one's a little all over the place happy valentines day, firewatch is for yearners www.underleveled.xyz/firewatch-is...

💀🤣 #CalvinandHobbes

Gone Shootin' celebrates Valentine's Day and Friday the 13th on a new episode. Join @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social and @reidmccarter.bsky.social for a discussion of: luge, our cool new FPS concept, Sonic questions on Reddit, the Highguard judge, and much more. soundcloud.com/bullet-point...

Thank you for helping me with chores this long weekend, I am one of the 20% who watched the whole way through.

This week: seventeen fresh picks on Relooted, Kiwami 3, Nioh 3, and lots more: critical-distance.com/2026/02/15/f...

On Baby Steps: www.arcadence.com/fallson/

Molyneux doing interviews means I get to reshare my favorite interview to read ever: www.rockpapershotgun.com/peter-molyne...

We got a new piece up on Stop Caring. @coledone.com makes their debut appearance on the site with a personal essay on Planescape: Torment. Less straight-up videogame criticism, more narrative-focused, David reminisces about a man without a name and a woman draped in layers in longing.

Neon Genesis Evangelion Episode 6 Showdown in Tokyo-3 Rei II

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Rebirth

Our current issue continues with @edwardsmithwriter.bsky.social on Baby Steps, in two parts. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/02/11/m...

still reading through this -- it's exceptional -- but found this immediately urgent. thank you @autumn-wright.com, @austinwalker.bsky.social, as always

"But I do think culturally we are back to brunch." This month in Dialogue, @austinwalker.bsky.social goes long on craft, industry, and doing the work.

It is wild that there are some really cool moves and executions you can pull off in this game, except the combos are only accessible to view on the MAIN MENU. youtu.be/Y9sLhW_ayw4?...

Raimi's latest includes him (likely just off-screen) dumping buckets of water, blood, and bile onto his actors and we love it.

"Football and politics are two sides of the same coin. Anxiety over political instability is soothed through football. Success in football validates their fight to regain stability."

Always some whiplash when a podcast from fifteen years ago has some ads inserted at the time of download so you get Popeyes x Hot Ones advertisement in your One Life Left episode from 2009.

Relooted is not only a neat puzzle game with grand heists and a charming cast, but also a challenge to who owns and tells African history. Plus, it's one of the few games to capture Africa's diversity well, pulling artifacts from all across the continent. My review: www.avclub.com/relooted-gam...

In the postscript (still working out how to format it properly) I include some quotes and links to the great write ups from @crawfordscat.bsky.social, @platanoranger.bsky.social, and @nicanor.bsky.social on Despelote.

"Football and politics are two sides of the same coin. Anxiety over political instability is soothed through football. Success in football validates their fight to regain stability."

yakuza kiwami 3 is an insult to the game rgg has purported to remake, its players, the studio's previous quality output and, bewilderingly, women. oh, and the casting of an admitted sex pest. i'm somewhere between dejection and fury. my review for vgc: www.videogameschronicle.com/review/yakuz...

*squinting eyes* "Old school runescape community"????

We had a blast talking about "Flower, Sun and Rain"--mulling over the impeccable vibes of Lospass Island, the elements it borrows from Lynch and Twin Peaks, but most importantly: Having the pleasure of revealing how you unlock the run button to Grace.

I really loved Despelote breakingarrows.ghost.io/despelote-20...

I really loved Despelote breakingarrows.ghost.io/despelote-20...

Neon Genesis Evangelion Episode 19 A Man's Battle Introjection

Despelote is an incredible game, and @nicanor.bsky.social explains why: noescapevg.com/despelote-re...

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We're starting up a new issue today, beginning with @youmeyou.bsky.social on Baby Steps. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/02/04/m...

Double feature this week wherein @benverschoor.bsky.social and I cover two different horror tinged films: Send Help and Iron Lung, which drew very polar reactions from us. miseenscreen.libsyn.com/episode-31-s...

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death

I love games that feel like strange found artifacts. They don’t have to literally be found footage like Sam Barlow’s brand of FMV games, but games that don’t feel like they’re chief aim is to be experienced in a recognizably game-y way. Indie and AA games will be more of a focus for me this year.

LLM Slop Will Make Us Antisocial - Ruminations on IFComp 2025 mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2... i wrote about recent events in the interactive fiction community and how it emboldened me to fight against vibe coders and LLM slop.

Replaying Cyberpunk 2077 and was struck by a small sidequest in which Johnny Silverhand delivers the Gen X lament and wonders why history didn't end. stuckness.ghost.io/johnny-silve...

Honestly the two movies should have switched titles: the Sam Raimi movie will have you gasping for breath in laughter, while the strangely boring Markiplier video game recreation will make you feel as trapped (derogatory) as its protagonist.

Double feature this week wherein @benverschoor.bsky.social and I cover two different horror tinged films: Send Help and Iron Lung, which drew very polar reactions from us. miseenscreen.libsyn.com/episode-31-s...

Happy three years to my video essay on BioShock 2, the best BioShock game. youtu.be/se8476-10-U?...

Happy three years to my video essay on BioShock 2, the best BioShock game. youtu.be/se8476-10-U?...

This is our very fun EOY wrap up ep! @benverschoor.bsky.social and I talk about Oscar nominations before rolling into our top 5 films of 2025 while doling out awards such as "Sexiest Movie Without Sex." We also list top 5 of all films, the bottom 5 and more! miseenscreen.libsyn.com/episode-30-2...

Our current issue comes to a close with @jumpovertheage.com on Many Nights a Whisper and poetry in games. Read it here: bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/01/28/w...

New Stop Caring article is live. @aglhrm.bsky.social returns to the site, blessing us with an essay on Dragon Quest VII, gnosticism, and the secularization of game mechanics. Really riveting read, was an absolute pleasure to read and edit.

This is our very fun EOY wrap up ep! @benverschoor.bsky.social and I talk about Oscar nominations before rolling into our top 5 films of 2025 while doling out awards such as "Sexiest Movie Without Sex." We also list top 5 of all films, the bottom 5 and more! miseenscreen.libsyn.com/episode-30-2...

I reviewed Hamnet in blank verse doggerel, in a repurposing of "To Be Or Not To Be" that is at least better than how it's used in the movie. The text is on my Letterboxd, since it's kind of a lot to absorb on a first listen

Both @benverschoor.bsky.social and I were somewhat cold on Hamnet though we both loved Jacobi Jupe's performance but found almost all other aspects lacking. miseenscreen.libsyn.com/episode-29-h...